Bella Ciao - International Versions

International Versions

In addition to the original Italian, the song has been recorded by various artists in many different languages, including Arabic, Bosnian, Breton, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, English, Esperanto, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Kabyle, Kurdish, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Tibetan, Tunisian, Turkish and Tagalog.

• Greek singer Maria Farantouri performed the song in Italian for her 1978 album "Protests songs frow around the world".
• Azerbaijani singer Muslim Magomayev performed the song at some of his concerts and he stated that it was Brezhnev's favorite by him.
• A rewritten version of the song can be heard on Chumbawamba's acoustic album "A Singsong and a Scrap".
• Another version of the song was recorded by the punk rock band Dog Faced Hermans on the album "Every Day Time Bomb."
• Former Yugoslav punk rock bands KUD Idijoti and later Goblini recorded their versions of the track.
• Hungarian punk rock band Aurora has performed the song.
• Renowned filk musician Leslie Fish has written and performed several versions of the song, one of which can be found on the album "Smoked Fish".
• Folk artist Mirah lent her voice to this song on her 2004 album To All We Stretch the Open Arm.
• Anita Lane recorded a version in English for her 2001 album "Sex O'Clock".
• Breton folk punk band Les Ramoneurs de menhirs recorded a version in Breton and French but called it BellARB.
• Danish psychedelic rock group Savage Rose have recorded a version of this song on the albums "En Vugge Af Stål" from 1982 and "Ild Og Frihed" from 1989.
• San Francisco punk band La Plebe perform Bella Ciao on their album Brazo en Brazo.
• Singer Manu Chao has also recorded a version of the song.
• American folk/rock band Foolproof Four recorded a version of Bella Ciao in 2011.
• Kurdish singer Ciwan Haco has included the song in his album Çaw Bella 1989 – Bochum – Germany.
• The tune has been copied in a song in the Tollywood movie Business Man starring Mahesh Babu, Music by S.S.Thaman.
• The italian Skapunk-Band Talco recorded the song on their 2006 Album "Combat Circus".
• Konstantin Wecker and Hannes Wader, two german "Liedermacher" performed it live as to hear on the their collaboration album "Was für eine Nacht".